Brad Haddin is in line to replace Adam Gilchrist with both gloves and bat in the Dutch triangular series according to coach John Buchanan.
First choice wicket-keeper Gilchrist has chosen to miss this warm-up event for next month's Champions Trophy tournament in England - a competition Australia have yet to win - in order to stay at home for the impending birth of his second child.
His absence creates two problems for the world champions. Not only do they need a new gloveman, they also need a new opening batsman, a position where Gilchrist has forged a reputation as a devastating one-day run-scorer.
But Buchanan, speaking ahead of Australia's tournament opener against India on Monday, said New South Wales's Haddin could be the ideal stand-in.
"There's every likelihood that Brad Haddin would fill that same role. That's one of the reasons he was picked in this side," Buchanan told AFP at the Kampong Cricket Club in Utrecht where Australia held a nets session on Sunday on pitches prepared by former Queensland batsman Peter Cantrell.
"He's not just a wicket-keeping replacement for Adam, he's also a batting replacement. At this point in time selections have not been finalised but I'd certainly expect him to feature there at some stage."
Haddin has been a pioneer of the scoop shot where players try to flick the ball straight over their head and that of the opposition wicket-keeper.
{{/usCountry}}Haddin has been a pioneer of the scoop shot where players try to flick the ball straight over their head and that of the opposition wicket-keeper.
{{/usCountry}}And Buchanan added: "He likes to hit the ball. That's his best of way playing and a position at the top of the order will give him more opportunity to do that."
The former Middlesex coach said that apart from winning the tournament, his other main goal while Australia were in the Netherlands was to see his side reacquaint thenselves with one-day cricket after a break of several months following their truncated three-game series in Zimbabwe in May.